Duron 950 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1697not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD AthlonAMD Duron
Power efficiency7.33no data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date30 September 2019 (5 years ago)12 July 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz0.95 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data200 MT/s
Multiplier349.5
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB64 KB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography12 nm180 nm
Die size209.78 mm2105.68 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million25 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket AM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt44.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size64 GB4 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2019 12 July 2001
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 12 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 44 Watt

Athlon PRO 300GE has an age advantage of 18 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 25.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon PRO 300GE and Duron 950. We've got no test results to judge.


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